Bücher der Reihe BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

Provides an examination of Russia's relations with China and Japan. This book is intended not only for specialists on Russian politics and foreign policy, but also for international relations scholars.

Examines the role of the Socialist Revolutionary party, which had been the largest and most popular party in Russia in 1917, and shows how, after the October revolution, rather than disappearing, led by its leadership in exile, it continued to observe and comment on developments in Russia.

Discusses the development of mass media in Russia since the end of Communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This book analyzes the impact of the Putin presidency, including the ways in which the media have constructed Putin's image in order to consolidate his power and their role in securing his election victories in 2000 and 2004.

The Russian State and Russiäs Energy Industries analyses the development of relations between the state and five major energy companies, and how this shaped Russiäs foreign policy in the post-Soviet region.

Examines democracy in Eastern Europe, focusing on the influence of literary and historical myths in communist Eastern Europe and Russia. This book shows how democracy takes into account cultural factors of shared consciousness whereby mythological constructions of reality become a force in the formation of political conceptions of authority.

The years 1990-93 were a critical period in Russia's political development. This book examines the constitutional bargaining processes in Russia in this period. It provides a systematic explanation of how the outcomes of this bargaining radically reshaped the institutions of the Russian state.

Presents an overview of developments in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as they made the transition from Soviet domination to membership of the EU. This title focuses in particular on the concepts of identity, sovereignty and power in the domestic and international politics of the Baltic states.

This text examines the political economy of attempts to restructure the Donbass, one of the Soviet Union's most important "old economy" "rustbelt" industrial regions.

This book revisits many aspects of current social science theories, such as actor-network theory and the French school of science and technology studies, to test how the theories apply in a specific situation: in this case the role of Soviet era infrastructure in the city of Cherepovets in Russia, home of Russiäs second biggest steel producer, Severstal.

Presents an analysis of the changing relationship between Russian television and the presidency during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin.

This book explores the role of coercion in the relationship between the citizens and regimes of communist Eastern Europe.

Examines the development of big business in Russia since the early 1990s, explaining how post-Soviet enterprises - many of which made little sense as business units - were restructured into functional firms. This title includes case studies of three leading companies: Yukos Oil Company, Siberian (Russian) Aluminium and Norilsk Nickel.

Examines the origins, underlying foundations, and dynamics of the federal reforms conducted by President Putin throughout the eight years of his presidency. This book discusses the intentions of the federal centre and the very different results that have turned out.

This book, with contributions from some of the best-known and most visible specialists in the field, re-examines the significant transfers, cross-fertilisations and synergies of cultural and literary theory between Russia and the West, from the 1920s through to the present day.

Examines the process whereby the Communist Party lost power in Poland, setting out the sequence of events, and examining the strategies of the political groupings prior to the election of June 1989. This book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers ignored expert advice, and many Round Table bargains went against the party's interests.

Addresses fundamental issues about the last decades of Tsarist Russia. This book focuses on successive outbreaks of cholera in the city of Saratov on the Volga. It explains why a medical and social disaster that had long since been overcome in other parts of Europe continued much later in Russia.

Examines the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia. This book focuses on one of the most important and influential groups of Russian intellectuals - the 1960s generation or 'Sixtiers' - who devoted their lives to defending 'socialism with a human face', authored "Perestroika", and were subsequently demonized when the reforms failed.

This volume examines folk music and dance revival movements in Russia, exploring why this folk culture has come to represent Russia, how it has been approached and produced, and why memory and tradition, in these particular forms, have taken on particular significance in different periods.